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Review: Leviathan Wakes (Paperback)
This book was really good. Seeing as it’s been a considerable while since I read a pure space opera, I did have a few misgivings, but Leviathan Wakes dispensed with enough of the archetypal space opera tropes that can make it an esoteric and insular subgenre of science fiction – while retaining enough to make…
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Review: Armada (Paperback)
I loved Ready Player One. It was absolutely one of the best books that I’ve read in recent times, and I was pretty honoured when one of my closest friends (and his dad) agreed about how awesome it was. What hooked me with Ready Player One was the dystopian setting, the quest set within this…
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Review: The Great Zoo of China (Paperback)
Picking this one up on a punt, and vaguely recalling Jurassic Park back in the 90s, I wasn’t unimpressed by my first foray into Matthew Reilly’s work. The Great Zoo of China was an enjoyable rocket-sled ride that, tellingly, I finished in about three days. I’ve decided these days to be less ponderous about the…